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| Broadcast area | Northwest Arkansas,Eastern Oklahoma, SouthwestMissouri |
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| Frequency | KLRC: 90.9MHz KLAB: 101.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | John Brown University |
| History | |
First air date | KLRC: February 2013 KLAB: October 1, 1983 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 174140 |
| Class | KLRC: C1 KLAB: C3 |
| ERP | KLRC: 100,000watts KLAB: 7,700 watts |
| HAAT | KLRC: 148 meters (486 ft) KLAB: 138 meters (453 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 99.1 K256BG (Bentonville) 101.1 K266BS (Van Buren) 103.5 K278BB (Springdale) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | klrc.com |
KLRC (90.9MHz) is anon-commercialFMradio stationlicensed toTahlequah, Oklahoma. It serves sections ofNorthwest Arkansas,Eastern Oklahoma and SouthwestMissouri. KLRC broadcasts aChristian adult contemporaryradio format and is owned byJohn Brown University. It issimulcast onKLAB at 101.1 MHz inSiloam Springs,Arkansas, as well asFM translators 99.1K256BG inBentonville, 101.1K266BS inVan Buren and 103.5K278BG inSpringdale. KLRC and KLAB use periodic on-airfundraisers to seek support from listeners for the running of the stations.
KLRC has aneffective radiated power of 100,000watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. Thetransmitter is on North 4670 Road inDripping Springs, Oklahoma.[2] KLAB is powered at 7,700 watts, using a transmitter on West University Street in Siloam Springs.[3] Thestudios and offices are on North Broadway in Siloam Springs.
On October 1, 1983, KLRCsigned on the air.[4] It was a 115 watt station at 90.3MHz, serving only theJohn Brown University (JBU) campus and surrounding community. The station was housed in the "Cathedral of the Ozarks" on the JBU campus and carriedChristian radio andclassical music programs. Its primary purpose was to serve as a training ground for JBU broadcasting students.
In the fall of 1988, theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) approved an increase to 3,100wattseffective radiated power. The FCC also changed the frequency of KLRC from 90.3 to 101.1 MHz.
KLRC continued to see steady growth through the early 1990s. The number of listeners increased, and the donations received during each on-air fundraiser grew as well. In January 1996, KLRC began broadcasting 24 hours a day. In 2000, the 60-year-oldtower from which KLRC had been broadcasting was brought down as the station began broadcasting from a new tower and transmitter. And, in September of that year, KLRC debuted worldwide with its live internet stream.
In 2002, KLRC moved out of the Learning Resource Center and into its own building on the west end of the John Brown University campus, giving the station more room to expand. By July 2005, KLRC was broadcasting 23 hours of locally generated music programming each weekday. The station also added a new "Family Hour" each weeknight, comprising two family-oriented talk shows. The studios were moved again in the summer of 2011, this time to a building located off-campus in downtown Siloam Springs.
The station went from one full-time employee in 1996 to ten full-time and several part-time staff as of 2019.
In February 2013, KLRC launched a new 100,000 watt signal on 90.9 MHz. The tower is located inDripping Springs, Oklahoma, and the station is licensed toTahlequah, Oklahoma. The station in Siloam Springs on the 101.1 FM frequency changed itscall sign to KLAB. The two stationssimulcast the same programming, with additionalFM translators added in three communities inNorthwest Arkansas.
Mark Michaels and Christy Rodriguez are the station's morning hosts. Kara Culver and Robert Forbes are heard in the afternoon. Ansen Bayer and Andrea Barnett are the midday hosts. A syndicated show, "Keep the Faith" with Penny, is heard in the evening. Several part-time staff and John Brown University broadcasting students fill the remaining on-air roles.
KLRC has been named the Christian Music Broadcasters (CMB) "Small Market Radio Station of the Year" six times (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, and 2016), and "Medium Market Radio Station of the Year" twice (2019 and 2023).[5] TheNational Association of Broadcasters (NAB) named KLRC theMarconi Award winner for Religious Station of the Year in 2013.
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